Recipes that make the most of butter
Butter isn’t just for spreading on toast. Use it to make velvety sauces to accompany fish dishes, or in salted caramel for pancakes and of course, in all kinds of baking – from popular loaf cakes to autumnal crumbles.
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Radish recipes
Brown butter radishes and ricotta on toast
The peppery flavour of radishes contrasts beautifully with nutty brown butter and creamy ricotta in this simple lunch recipe.Â
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Favourite chicken recipes
Spatchcocked crispy-skin chicken with herbs, lemon and garlic
Brined, spatchcocked chicken is a great method for roasting the bird as it really dials up the flavour. Try it for your next Sunday roast.
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Homemade pasta recipes
Silk handkerchief pasta with dill, brown butter and lemon
Silk handkerchief pasta (fazzoletti) is easy to make and cut out. Nutty browned butter adds toastiness alongside dill and zesty lemon.
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Air fryer recipes
Air fryer baked potatoes
If you like your baked potatoes extra crisp, an air fryer is the way to go – it cuts the jacket potato baking time in half.
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Biscuit recipes
Manon Lagrève’s palets bretons
Manon Lagrève shares her recipe for palets bretons. These golden, seriously buttery shortbread biscuits hail from Brittany in France.
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Flatbread recipes
Easy flatbreads with cumin seed butter
Yogurt keeps these super easy flatbreads pillowy and soft, while cumin seeds add fragrant warmth. Brush with warm cumin-seed butter to serve.
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French toast recipes
Cinnamon French toast
Making a quick flavoured butter packed with cinnamon’s gentle warmth really takes French toast up a notch – it’s a real weekend treat.
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Recipes that make the most of butter
Brown butter pumpkin salad with pomegranate and burrata
This autumnal pumpkin salad with hazlenuts and burrata is brought to life with a magical brown butter and sherry vinegar dressing.
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Pear recipes
Pear and brown butter strudel
This easy pear strudel – flavoured with nutty brown butter, cinnamon and brandy-soaked sultanas – is a fantastic dessert for feeding a crowd
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Celeriac recipes
Celeriac and brown butter soup with crispy kale
This luxurious celeriac soup sees the root vegetable bathed in brown butter, adding incredible depth of flavour and subtle sweetness.
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Pork recipes from around the world
Buttermilk pork chops with brown butter mash
These perfectly marinated, buttermilk pork chops are cooked in browned butter, which you then fold through the mash. What a luxury!
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Patisserie recipes
Manon Lagrève’s kouign amann
A traditional pastry from Brittany, kouign amann means ‘butter cake’ in the Breton language. You can also add slices of apple, extra caramel or even a sprinkle of cinnamon.
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Peanut butter recipes
Peanut butter and jam thumbprint cookies
If you need a sweet snack fast, these moreish peanut butter and jam cookies offer a creamy texture with added crunch from the chunks of nut. A dollop of glistening jam is the perfect finish and cuts through the rich cookie base.
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Chocolate cake recipes
Chocolate meringue cake
Chocolate cake topped with chocolate meringue is always a good idea... This gluten-free cake tastes even better the next day: a greay bake to make ahead.
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Bank holiday recipes
Vanilla buttercream
Classic vanilla buttercream is a baking staple. Use it as your base and adapt to suit your needs – a little cocoa powder for chocolate icing or almond extract in place of vanilla.
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Barbecue recipes
Caramelised onions
If you're wanting to know how to caramelise onions, time, patience and care are all needed. But the results are so, so worth it. Enter: our best ever caramelised onions.
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